Varejao’s 14.4 rebounds per game led the league before his injury. They would demand much in return, as evidenced in the most recent trade rumor — that Cleveland was demanding Clippers guard Eric Bledsoe to be thrown into a proposed DeAndre Jordan for Varejao swap.

Are you nuts? Why not ask for Blake Griffin while you’re at it. And one of Donald Sterling’s homes.

(By the way, there is going to be a lot of Bledsoe buzz but Clippers are not going to trade him until this summer at the earliest because they want him as insurance in case they can’t re-sign Chris Paul.)

Two questions come to mind about Varejao. First, will the Cavaliers come to their senses on what they are willing to take back? My answer is “Dan Gilbert owns the team, who knows?”

The other is how much is the market for Varejao going to change with him injured? Varejao is out until late February or early March, some teams will still have interest because he’s the kind of hustling front line player who can make a difference in the playoffs. But their offers are not going up because of this. And the old offers weren’t cutting it.

In part because apparently the Cavaliers were already asking for the moon. And more.

Well, you’re not going to trade him straight up for Jordan either. That’s just spinning your wheels. If you’re a contender you won’t have the picks that Cleveland wants so you’re going to have to sweeten the pot somehow.

In no way would the Clippers trade Bledsoe for an injury prone and injured hustling big man. Bledsoe was THE deal breaker to the trade for Chris Paul last December, and he is much better now than he was then.

Like Danny said, keep him. I have zero pity for the Cavs, they can stay at the bottom forever for all I care, they are run like a last place team, fans still go to the games rather than sending a message and leaving the place empty. This goes for every team in Cleveland.